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Oddly Shaped Pegs

An inquiry into the Nature and Causes of Stuff

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Me.

I am not the author of An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, but I did rip off the title for the blog tagline.

See the first two posts for more about the blog.

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Written by adamdsmith

February 10, 2009 at 3:50 pm

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